It Doesn’t Have To Be This Way

Radical Self Care is about getting to the root of our experience and befriending the parts of us who are suffering.

Drawing from 75+ years of experience in medical education and practice, Drs. Robin Beardsley, Elizabeth Parsons and Risa Adams offer practical guidance for self care derived from the emerging field of Internal Family Systems. Written for physicians, this book shares the authors' own experiences in medical school and clinical practice and explains how human behaviour can make more sense from the perspective of 'parts' of the personality. This paradigm shift opens the door to a deeper form of self-awareness and capacity for physicians to care for themselves, while they care for others. Offering an overview of the 20+ most common 'parts of the physician', the authors offer a guidebook to personal and professional transformation and highlight the potential for cultural change in the field of medicine as a whole.

RISA ADAMS, M.D. Is a family physician with a focused practice in perinatal mental health and complex PTSD. Certified in IFS, she is a consultant and trainer with the IFS Institute.

ELIZABETH PARSONS, M.D. Has been practising psychotherapy for 20 years and is certified in IFS. She is a trauma therapist, and her practice focuses on group therapy and clinical consulting.

ROBIN BEARDSLEY, M.D. Practised family medicine for 30 years before turning full-time to psychotherapy with a focus on care for the caregiver. She is certified in IFS and a trained teacher of Mindful Self Compassion.